【日】Japan Nexus Intelligence (JNI)

The Economic Security Intelligence Lab (ESIL) at The Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo together with the Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA), will co-host the International Conference on the Use of Cultured Cells in Food: Towards a Food-Bio-READY Society.

This conference will feature discussions on:

(1)Research findings on risk assessment methods for cultured meat produced using cell culture technology;

(2)International debates on the latest risk assessment policies for novel and cellular foods;

(3)Recent developments regarding the safety of culture media used in cellular foods;

(4)Recent developments regarding the safety of cells used in cellular foods.

Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) at The University of Tokyo, along with the NATO HQ and the Royal Danish Embassy Tokyo (NATO Contact Point Embassy), will co-host the "NATO-Japan Symposium 2024: Partnership in Uncertain Times."

Following the "NATO-Japan Symposium 2023: Emerging Security Challenges," we will once again convene experts from around the world to RCAST, The University of Tokyo to discuss how partner countries can collaborate with each other in the era where uncertainty reigns.

This year, we have the privilege of welcoming the Swedish Defense Minister to make a keynote speech. This will be followed by a discussion among NATO HQ experts, numerous Ambassadors (EU, Norway, Denmark, Romania), and Japan's Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense, among others.

We will focus on 3 topics during the discussions. (1) Interconnectedness of the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific; (2) Navigating uncertain times following the 2024 elections; New government, new threats, new responses; and (3) The Future of NATO-Japan and IP4 Partnership.